Il6 MAMMALIA. 



There does not seem to be any distinctions of importance between 

 the Sind and Baluchistan hares, and the description of the third 

 species, L. joongshaiensis, agrees entirely with the type of L. cras- 

 pedotis and a specimen labelled L. dayanus in the Indian Museum. 



a. Skin, skull $ Pishin, Baluchistan, W. T. Blanford. 



8-2-72. 

 [Type of Lepus craspedotis, Blanford.] 



b. Skin, skull Nara Nai w. of Sehvvan, W. T. Blanford. 



Sind, 1 1-2-75. 



c. Head juv. Chaman, S. Afghanistan J.A.Murray. 



d. Skull juv. ,, ,, J. A. Murray. 



e. Skull Kandahar T. Hutton, A. S. B. 



Lepus ruficaudatus. 



Lepus ruficaudatus, Is. Geoff. St. Hit. Diet. Class. H. N., ix, p. 381 (1826) ; 

 id. Voy. aux Indes Orient., Belanger, p. 156; Ogilby Royle's Himal. Boi., 

 p. Ixviii ; Waterhouse Nat. Hist. Mamm., ii, p. 74; Blyth J. A. S. B., x'l, 

 p. 100 ; id. y. A. S. B., xxviii, p. 291 ; id. Cat. no. 434, p. 13 1 ; Jerdon 

 Mamm., p. 224 ; McMaster Notes on Jerdon, p. 57 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B., 

 xli, p. 228; Thomas P. Z, S., 1886, p. 57. 



Lepus orientalis, Brown Bengal Sporting Mag. (1836)*. 



Lepus macrotus, Hodgson J. A. S. B., ix, p. 1183 (1840) ; Gray Cat. Hodg. 

 Coll., ist ed., p. 20; Wagner Hiig el's Kaschmir, iv, p. 574, with plate ; 

 Adams P. Z. S., 1858, p. 520. 



Lepus tytieri, Tytler Ann. Mag. N. H. (2), xiv, p. 176 (1854); Blytk, 

 J. A. S. B., xxii, p. 415 i id. J. A, S. B., xxiv, p. 471. 



The Indian Hare ; Khargosh, Hind.; Kharra, Central India; 

 Sasru, Lamma, Hind. ; Molol, Gonds. 



Distribution. — Northern India, from the Punjab to Bengal, ex- 

 tending from the lower ranges of the Himalayas to the Taptee and 

 Godavery Rivers. 



a. Skin $ Agra dist. Agra Mus. 



h-c. 2 Skins Manbhoom R. C. Beavan (1865). 



d. Skin juv. „ Mus. Coll (1866). 



e. Skin Thankot, Nepal, 9-12-77 J.Scully. 



/. Skin Naga Hills A. W. Chennell. 



g. Skeleton [Calcutta bazaar] Purchased. 



A. Stuffed „ „ Purchased, A. S. B. 



j-h, 2 StufTedjuv. ,, ,, Purchased, A. S. B. 



/. Stuffed juv. Alipore, Calcutta A. Grote, A. S. B. 



m,. Skeleton mtd. [Calcutta bazaar.] Purchased, A. S. B. 



Lepus nigricollis. 



Lepus nigricollis, F. Cuvier, Diet. Set. Nat., xxvi, p. 307 (1823) ; Sykes 

 P. Z. S., 1831, p. 103 ; F. Cuvier, Nat. Hist. Mawwi. (1837)* ; Milller Over 

 de Zoogdieren in Tern.. Verhandl., p. 37 ; Elliot Madras Journ., x, p. 218; 

 Waterhouse Nat. Hist. Mamm., ii, p. 72; Blyth J. A. S, B., xx, p. 172; 



